Forgotten Single-Player FPS Games That Aged Like Fine Wine
Single-player FPS games aren’t as common as they used to be, at least when it comes to AAA releases. We might get 3 or 4 big titles per year, and they tend to be either multiplayer-only or feature a single-player campaign that barely lasts 5 hours. I miss the days when publishers would drop experimental […]
Army Cuts Free Legal Help for Guard and Reserve Soldiers Facing Medical Discharge
You get a letter telling you that you are unfit to keep serving. It arrives with a deadline, too, sometimes less than a week, and it sets in motion a process that will decide whether you keep your career or not. Whether you get a severance check, a retirement, health care for your family, or […]
Project Manager Jobs: 13 Signs You Don’t Need a PMP Certification
To PMP or not to PMP? That is the question facing many transitioning military members, veterans and military spouses looking for a job as a project manager. Yet passing the test to get the PMP certification is not easy. How do you know if earning your Project Management Professional certification (PMP) is really worth your […]
The Fight Over Your 2027 Military Pay: What Each Plan Is Worth & What’s Next
Drafts of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act have cleared both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees with bipartisan agreement on one thing: Military pay is going up Jan. 1, 2027. What Congress has not agreed on is how much — or whether every service member should get the same rate. The […]
VA Is Adding Virtual Reality to Primary Care: What It Does and How It Works
A veteran goes in for a routine primary care appointment concerned about his blood pressure. His Department of Veterans Affairs provider, instead of immediately reaching for a prescription pad, suggests something different: a virtual reality headset, a guided session, and a few minutes in an immersive environment designed to slow his breathing and quiet his […]
Maryland Officially Lets Military Spouses Work Immediately With Out-of-State Licenses
As members of the military are ordered into deployments across the country and around the world, their spouses often have their employment disrupted, if they’re employed at all. But a new Maryland law may offer some relief. Legislation titled MD SB418 takes effect on October 1, and allows military members, veterans and spouses who are […]
US Announces Another Troop Death as Israel Warns Tehran's Attacks Are Coming Close
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States announced another death of a service member as it launched more airstrikes at Iran on Sunday in response to the killing of U.S. troops, and Iran fired missiles toward Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighboring Israel. Step by step, the U.S. and Iran have […]
$2.2M in New VA Grants Allow Students, Educators to Memorialize Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded eight grants totaling nearly $2.2 million to send K-12 and university students into national and VA-funded cemeteries to research the lives of the veterans buried there, and to publish what they learn. The money flows through the National Cemetery Administration’s Veterans Legacy Program, part of the VA’s […]
Ukrainian Drones Hit Warehouses and Other Sites Across Russia, Killing 9 and Wounding Over 80
Ukrainian drones struck two sprawling warehouses, one of them just east of Moscow, as part of attacks overnight and on Saturday afternoon that killed nine people and wounded more than 80, Russian officials said. Kyiv’s forces have pressed their relentless aerial campaign against energy infrastructure and military targets inside Russia, aiming to undermine Moscow’s war […]
40% of This Gettysburg Community Has Military or Government Ties. Here's Why.
There’s a 55-and-older active adult community in Gettysburg, PA, that has proven to be an attractive place to settle for veterans, retired federal workers and others with military or government backgrounds. Just a two-hour drive from Washington, DC, and only ten minutes from historic Gettysburg, Amblebrook at Gettysburg is said to have a strong culture […]